Is Perceived a Adjective?

The adjective perceived has its Latin roots in per, meaning "thoroughly," and capere, meaning "to grasp." Today it retains a sense of grasping something mentally or sensing it. ... The second meaning, however, is quite the opposite: something sensed through your actual senses, especially those of sight or hearing.

What type of word is perceived?

verb (used with object), per·ceived, per·ceiv·ing. to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.

What is the adjective form of perceive?

Word family (noun) perception perceptiveness (adjective) perceptible ≠ imperceptible perceptive (verb) perceive (adverb) perceptibly ≠ imperceptibly perceptively.